Rebel flag the Ultimate Dog WhistleRaging Moderate by Will Durst Since its reintroduction on the grounds of the South Carolina Capitol in 1961 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, the Confederate flag ha...

Bow hunters can arm themselves under new lawGov. Jindal signed SB 212 by Sen. Rick Ward June 29 to ensure that law-abiding hunters can exercise their right to carry firearms for personal protection during bow hunting season. Previous law pro...

Bill should help higher ed and curb corruptionBATON ROUGE, LA - The Senate unanimously embraced legislation Monday that will help higher education and curb corruption in Louisiana, according to State Treasurer John Kennedy. “The Senate adopted...

Bauxite plant coming to stateBATON ROUGE— This week, Gov. Bobby Jindal and President and CEO Alan Roughead of First Bauxite Corp. of Canada announced the company plans to invest $200 million to develop a bauxite processing pla...

Letter to the Editor:Dear Editor: Hooray for the John Birch Society again (JBS)!?Upon reading all the discussions about climate change, I would like to report that the JBS’s flagship magazine, The New American, has its...

Last minute vote in Houses ruled invalidA measure to significantly alter how the House elects its speaker, the chief presiding officer in the lower chamber, was passed with no advance notice and no debate during the waning moments of the...

Raging Moderate: Red Pope, Green PopeBy Will Durst He gets under their skin like termites in a boathouse. Drives them crazier than Hillary Clinton and Yoko Ono dancing on a gay pride parade float. He’s the itch you can’t scratch. The ...

The Bottom Line...The Natchitoches Times polled readers on Facebook asking, “The battle over the Confederate flag: Let your opinions fly! Georgia Parker Hilton: It’s sad that this has been hijacked by racists. This ...